Οἰωνίζοντο
they were thinking [something] an omen
Translated by Catharine Roth12 Jun 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they were being deterred as if by an evil omen.1 "The youth hated him and thought him an [ill] omen, but the older men embraced him and praised him."2
And elsewhere: "[...] with the omens more auspicious and a more secure preparation to renew prosecution of the war."3
And elsewhere: "[...] when all expecting Aemilius to take omens, thinking [him] marching out, seeing [him] marching in."4
And elsewhere: "[...] with the omens more auspicious and a more secure preparation to renew prosecution of the war."3
And elsewhere: "[...] when all expecting Aemilius to take omens, thinking [him] marching out, seeing [him] marching in."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἰωνίζοντο· ἀπετρέποντο ὡς κακῷ οἰωνῷ. τὸν δὲ ἡ μὲν νεότης ἐμίσουν τε καὶ οἰωνίζοντο, οἱ δὲ πρεσβύτεροι κατησπάζοντο καὶ ἐπῄνουν. καὶ αὖθις· ξὺν αἰσιωτέροις τοῖς οἰωνοῖς καὶ παρασκευῇ βεβαιοτέρᾳ αὖθις ἅψασθαι τοῦ πολέμου. καὶ αὖθις· ὅτε πάντας οἰωνίζεσθαι προσδοξάζοντας τὸν Αἰμίλιον ἐκπορευόμενον δοκεῖν ὁρᾶν εἰσπορευόμενον.
Betacode
*oi)wni/zonto: a)petre/ponto w(s kakw=| oi)wnw=|. to\n de\ h( me\n neo/ths e)mi/soun te kai\ oi)wni/zonto, oi( de\ presbu/teroi kathspa/zonto kai\ e)ph/|noun. kai\ au)=qis: cu\n ai)siwte/rois toi=s oi)wnoi=s kai\ paraskeuh=| bebaiote/ra| au)=qis a(/yasqai tou= pole/mou. kai\ au)=qis: o(/te pa/ntas oi)wni/zesqai prosdoca/zontas to\n *ai)mi/lion e)kporeuo/menon dokei=n o(ra=n ei)sporeuo/menon.
Notes (4)
- 1cf. omicroniota 160, omicroniota 162. The present headword is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. ↩
- 2Quotation unidentifiable. Attributed to Aelian by Valckenaer, to Cassius Dio by Mai, adducing Livy 8.12 on T.Manlius Torquatus (tau 791): cui venienti seniores tantum obviam exisse constat, iuventutem et tunc et omni vita deinde aversatam eum exsecratamque. Oddly, the phrase "the youth hated him and thought him an (ill) omen" appears in Gregorius 3.70 as if a proverb. ↩
- 3Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
- 4Quotation (regarded by Kuster as textually corrupt) unidentifiable. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- ο609Ὀρνιθευομένουbird-divining[Meaning of someone] prophesying through birds.
- οι160Οἰωνισάμενοςdivining[Meaning one who is] prophesying, foreseeing. "By some supernatural means divining the future."
- οι162Οἰώνισμαbird-omenAlso [sc. attested are] 'bird-divinings' [oi)wnismoi/], [meaning] futilities [discovered] through birds.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 8 Aug 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth